If you are sensitive to certain foods, you know how hard it is to give up favourites and to find alternatives. I am a soup lover and while soup is easy to find, it is not easy to find dairy free soup! Last week I made this recipe from Growing up Paleo in the slow cooker. It is featured in the book Paleo Slow Cooking-Gluten…
Post Author: Dr. Sara Kinnon Categories: Naturopathic Medicine, Nutrition, Paleo, RecipesDo you think you need whole grains to get your fiber? Think again!
Here are some common foods and their fiber content:
2 slices Rye bread: 1.9g
2 slices whole wheat bread: 6.0g
Broccoli 3/4cup: 7.0g
Brussel Sprouts 3/4cup: 3.0g
Greens 1/2cup: 4.0g
Cooked Spinach 1/2c: 7.0g
Medium Yam with skin: 6.8g
Apple: 4.5g
Coconut 1Tbsp: 3.4g
So next time you reach for a cracker or a slice of bread – why not try some vegetables or…
Post Author: Dr. Sara Kinnon Categories: Naturopathic Medicine, Nutrition, Paleo, RecipesNobody enjoys a fever, even hayfever!
Spring is always a rejuvenating time of year. Getting outside, breathing in fresh air is invigorating and inspiring…unless that air is causing your nose to run, eyes to itch and oh those endless sneezing fits!
Allergies are when your body deems something, such as tree or grass pollen foreign. The mast cells then ‘explode’ and release histamine, which initiates the allergic response and leads to…
Post Author: Dr. Sara Kinnon Categories: General, Naturopathic MedicineThis is by far one of our most requested recipes. I first heard about it on Robb Wolf‘s podcast. Feel free to tweak and play with it – and let us know your favourite version! Enjoy this sugar-free, dairy-free, and gluten-free treat!
Coconut Apple Pudding
1 can full fat coconut milk – (BPA free can preferred)
2-3 apples – 3 small apples or 2 larger ones – peeled and chopped
1-4…
Tired of being injured? Chronic Joint Pain? Keep reading!
Prolotherapy is the physician stimulated healing of tendons, ligaments and joints by means of injections. These injections work by initiating the wound-healing cascade by means of micro-trauma. What that means is that the injections are causing small micro-injuries, much like what happens in muscle building. The subsequent result is an influx of wound repairing cells and activity, stimulating collagen and connective…
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